Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1887-07-25
State News.


Inc brldeton News is credited for the fol
lowing: Granville Walker, engineer at the
Leather Works, had singular accident and
narrow escape. He undertook to make his
egress up through the open window to the
eastern driveway by catching hold of a shat,
and pulling himself, with a spring, thereon.
as he had scores of times, but he lost his
balance and his clothes caught on the set screw
OF the slowly revolving shaft he, however, bv
great exertion of strength held the shaft until
the belt came of, thereby preventing being
drawn between the screw and the building
As 1t was, his arm was somewhat scraped and
nis frock and shirt were torn into strips.-A
force OF thirty men and boys are making cans
at the corn factory. for both the Bridgton and
North waterford establishments. They turn
on nearly eleven thousand cans day. Isaiah
Gore continues as foreman at the factory.
sweet corn, since the hot weather begun, has
made rapid growth, and the prospects are
that there will be good crop, thus insurine
a large pack. Repairs are being made at the
factory and preparations made for a lively
fall campaign
There is nothing new in the contest for the
Portland surveyorship, except that one David
coolidge has petition in circulation. 1t
is thought that Judge Cleaves has only to ask
Tor the place to receive it. But after demon
stratlng as he once did that he was the choice
OF three-.ourths of the democrats of Maine
Tor the collectorship, it is not surprising that
ne does not care again to appear at the
White House in the capacity of mendicant
tor official position. If he receives a sugar
plum from the present administration, there.
fore, it must come without the asking.
Several people have been made sick by
eating Ice cream in Portland restaurant,
lately, and the proprietor has stopped the
sale OF the cream and put the matter into the
hands OF the board of health for investipa-
tion.-Complalnts have been made to the
Portland Society for Prevention of Cruelty
to Animals that some of the Texas ponies,
recently sold IN that city, are being abused
on the track when they are being trained and
the agent has issued warnings that all cases
OF unnecessary abuse will be prosecuted.
FRANKLIN.
The Pennington Chronicles East Jaw cor
respondent claims that the champion girl
lives IN that town. Miss Oracle Brown.
hfteen years old got her fathers oxen from
the pasture, yolked them and got in a small
load OF hay without assistance. Grace is a
good scholar and little lady, too.
OXFORD.
young man claiming to sell harnesses
hired team at one of John M. Cummings
stables, South Paris, about week ago, to be
gone four days, says the Oxford Advertiser.
At the appointed time the team not being re.
turned, officers were put upon his track. Mr..
Cummings received dispatch, Wednesday
night, from North Conway. N. H., saving
his team was at Eastman's stable at that
place. The man had left for parts unknown.
PENoRscor
The Dexter Gazette says that it cost the
Maine Central according to reports about
$500 to settle the circus ticket claims against
them.-A new time arrangement was inaugu
rated at the Dexter Wooden Mills Saturday,
July l6th, the work for the dav closing at /
clock A. Nj standard time This gives a
considerable part of each Saturday to the
workmen. The hours worked on the other
days are such that the whole work amounts
to 20 hours per week.-The electric lights
are being put into many private residence, in
Dexter, and the prospects of the company,
look very encouraging
An exchange tells of hard case in Stet-
son. Some time before the death of the late
Moses Ranney. he snapped horses with a
Hartland horse jockey, and got the well
known Sanborn horse, believing he was free
from iDcumbrance. After Mr.. Ranney's death
the horse was sold to Lewis Stratton of Ban
gor. Sometime this spring parties have
claimed the horse under bill of sale given
by the Jockey, and Mrs. Ranney has been
obliged to repay Sl75 to settle the matter.
The Bucksport Clipper prints the death of
a woman in Passadumkeag, caused by the
neglect of lazy, shiftless husband The
couple moved into that town last fall The
woman being cripple and in delicate state
nj nnf
were both young with no family. A few days
before her death, Mrs Batcheder, midwife,
was called upon, when she found the family
in state of extreme restitution, and that the
woman. who was about to become a mother
was suffering for the bare necessaries of life
When medical help was procured it was too
late, both mother and infant losing their lives
The man allowed the woman who, less than
one year ago, he vowed to love and cherish
to sleep in paupers grave, not through
sickness, misfortune or incompetence, but for
no cause but sheer lazness.
SAGADAHoC.
Says the Richmond Bee Luther Richard
son, employed in running an edger at the
saw-mlll, was struck in the right eye Thurs
day morning by chip flying from the saw.
DR.. Price. who was called, reports the rup-
ture OF small blood vessel, but says the
injury is not likely to prove serious.
On one-third of an acre of land. W. Z.
Chase, farmer living near the village, has
raised this season l04 boxes of straw berries
of the Sharpless variety; or about 344
bushels. The fruit sold readily in the village,
averaging l0t cents box.
WASHINGTON.
James Ireland of Cooper, who fred two
shots from shot gun at Charles A. Smith,
his neighbor, who was cutting grass on
piece of land, the title to which was disputed,
on July 9th. was arrested and brought before
Judge Rounds at Calais, Thursday. He was
ordered to furnish sureties in the sum of
Sl400 for his appearance at the next term of
the Supreme Judicial Court The suretes
were furnished Neither shot took effect.
YORK
The trustees of the Biddeford Soldiers and
Sailors Monument Association have been
authorized to contract for a monument. The
Association, in its vote which was passed last
evening, recommended the purchase of one
similar to that erected in Salem last wear BY
the Sons of Veterans. Photographs of the
monument have been on exhibition in the
mayors Office in city building this week. 1t
is handsome while bronze shaft, measuring
twenty seven feet from the foundation. and
weighs seven tons. Upon the top is figure
of soldier standing with drawn sword, de-
Tending the colors, which he hold IN his left
hand. The height of the figure from the foot
to the top of the head is feet, 6 uahes; to